History and Epistemology for Mathematics Education

Storia ed Epistemologia per la Didattica della Matematica

 

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Giorgio T. BAGNI

 

Department of Mathematics

University of Roma “La Sapienza”

 

Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, I-00185 Roma (Italy)

Phone: (+39) 06 49913216. Fax: (+39) 06 44701007

e-mail: bagni@mat.uniroma1.it

 

Private address:

Via Venanzio Fortunato 28, I-31100 Treviso (Italy)

Phone and fax: (+)39 0422 432763

e-mail: gtbagni@tin.it

 

Italian version - Versione in Italiano: è   index-it.htm   ç


 

¨  Giorgio Tomaso Bagni (1958, Milano, Italy): degree in Mathematics, University of Padova (Italy); post-graduate courses: in Numerical Analysis (University of Calabria, Rende, Italy) and in Computer Science (IBM Novedrate, Milano). Since 2000 he is Research Fellow (Ricercatore Universitario) in Complemetary Mathematics (Mat-04), Department of Mathematics, University of Roma “La Sapienza”.

 

¨  Teaching position (university):

 

1994-95  Teaching Professor of History of Mathematics in the postgraduate course in Didactics of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of Bologna (Italy).

1995-96  Teaching contract Professor of History of Mathematics for Didactics of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of Bologna.

1997-98  Teaching Professor of History of Mathematics in the postgraduate course in Didactics of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of Bologna.

              Teaching Professor of History of Mathematics in the postgraduate course in Didactics of Mathematics, University of Querètaro (Mexico).

              Teaching Assistant of Didactics of Mathematics in the postgraduate course in Didactics of Mathematics, University of Querètaro.

1998-99  Teaching contract Professor of History of Mathematics for Didactics of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of Bologna.

1999-00  Teaching Professor of History and Epistemology of Mathematics in the postgraduate School for Perspective Teachers SSIS, University of Udine (Italy).

              Teaching Professor of History of Mathematics in the postgraduate course in Didactics of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of Bologna.

2000-01  Teaching Assistant of “Istituzioni di Matematica” (degree in Biology), University of Roma “La Sapienza”.

2001-02  Teaching Professor of Mathematical Logic (degree in Computer Science), University of Roma “La Sapienza”.

              Teaching Assistant of Calculus and Biostatistics (degree in Biology), University of Roma “La Sapienza”.

              Teaching Professor of History of Mathematics workshop in the postgraduate School for Perspective Teachers SSIS, University of Roma “La Sapienza”.

              Teaching Professor in Introductory courses of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Roma “La Sapienza”.

2002-03  Teaching Professor of Mathematical Logic (degree in Computer Science), University of Roma “La Sapienza”.

              Teaching Assistant of Calculus and Biostatistics (degree in Biology), University of Roma “La Sapienza”.

              Teaching Professor of History of Mathematics workshop in the postgraduate School for Perspective Teachers SSIS, University of Roma “La Sapienza”.

              Teaching Professor in Introductory courses of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, University of Roma “La Sapienza”.

 

¨  Since 1999 to 2002 he was President of the Academy “Ateneo di Treviso” (Treviso, Italy), legally recognized by Italian Department of Culture (he is Full Member of the Academy since 1996). Since 2001 he is editor at “Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana G. Treccani” for the History of Sciences. Since 1990 to 2000 he was member of the “Nucleo di Ricerca in Didattica della Matematica”, Department of Mathematics, University of Bologna. Since 1986 to 2000 he was teacher of Mathematics and Physics at Liceo Scientifico (High School) of Treviso; he is legally qualified as Mathematics and Physics teacher (High School) since 1991.

 

¨  He was member of the scientific Board of Direction of the conferences “Incontri con la Matematica” n. 10, 11 and 12, Castel San Pietro Terme (Bologna, 1996, 1997 and 1998). He gave lectures of Didactics of Mathematics and of History of the Mathematics in several national meetings and in the following international study conferences:

 

·        GIRP-20, 1991 (Locarno, Switzerland);

·        II Italian-Greek Meeting on Didactics of Mathematics, 1997 (Italian Institute-Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece);

·        ICMI Study, 1998 (Luminy, Marseille, France);

·        CERME-1, 1998 (Osnabrück, Germany);

·        MCOTS-2, 1999 (Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA);

·        International Conference on Mathematics Education into the XXI Century, 1999 (Cairo, Egypt);

·        MED-CONF, 2000 (Nicosia, Cyprus);

·        Erasmus Meeting on Didactics of Mathematics, 2000 (Nicosia, Cyprus);

·        Jordan Conference, 2000 (Amman);

·        First International GIREP Seminar, 2001 (Udine);

·        SFIDA-18, Séminaire Franco-Italien de Didactique de l'Algèbre, 2002 (Torino).

 


Photo-gallery 1996-2002:  è   Photo-gallery 1996-2002.htm   ç


Download papers (Didactics of Mathematics):

è   Learning, problem solving and use of representative registers in Italian High School.htm   ç (2000)
è   Simple rules and general rules in some High School students' mistakes.htm   ç (2000)
è   The influence of text's mental images upon problems' resolutions.htm   ç (2000)
è   Some 'impossible' problems in High School students' behaviour.htm   ç (2001)

Download papers (History for Didactics of Mathematics):

è   Prime numbers and quadratic polynomials.htm   ç (1995)
è   Le figure simili nella Geometria degli Indivisibili.htm   ç (1999, in Italian)
è   Le serie numeriche dalla storia alla didattica della Matematica.htm   ç (1999, in Italian)
è   Matematica e Bellezza.htm   ç (2000, in Italian)
è   Algoritmi aritmetici elementari dalla storia alla didattica della Matematica.htm   ç (2001, in Italian)
è   Comunicazione Loano 2002.htm   çStoria delle Scienze per la Didattica” (2002, in Italian)


Download papers “Appunti di didattica della matematica” (in Italian):

è   Appunti di didattica della matematica.htm   ç


Some books by Giorgio T. Bagni (in Italian):

è   Storia della Matematica, vol. I.htm   ç (1996)
è   Storia della Matematica, vol. II.htm   ç (1996)
è   Elementi di storia della Logica formale.htm   ç (1997, preface by F. Speranza)
è   Matematica.htm   ç (1999)
è   Matematici.htm   ç (2000)


Giorgio T. Bagni - Publications
(19 books; 135 papers)

(a) Didactics of Mathematics (2 books; 57 papers)

(b) History of Mathematics (3 books; 9 papers)

(c) History and Didactics of Mathematics (5 books; 48 papers)

(d) Other works (9 books; 21 papers)

 

Publications list:  è   Publications.htm   ç


Links:

American Mathematical Society è   http://e-math.ams.org/   ç
Association for Symbolic Logic è   http://www.aslonline.org/   ç
“Archimede” - Rivista è   http://www.lemonnier.it/Riviste/rivista.php?id=2   ç
Centro Internazionale Matematico Estivo è   http://www.math.unifi.it/~cime/   ç
Cofin - Cineca - Programmi di ricerca è   http://cofin.cineca.it/   ç
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche è   http://www.cnr.it/   ç
European Mathematical Information Service è   http://www.emis.de/   ç
European Society for Research in Mathematics Education è   http://www.erme.uni-osnabrueck.de/   ç
Galileo Project Resources
è   http://es.rice.edu/ES/humsoc/Galileo/galileo_resources.html   ç
History of Mathematics
è   http://aleph0.clarku.edu/%7Edjoyce/mathhist/mathhist.html   ç
International Mathematical Union
è   http://elib.zib.de/IMU/   ç
Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica “F. Severi” è   http://indam1.mat.uniroma1.it/   ç
“La Matematica e la sua Didattica” - Rivista è   http://www.pitagoragroup.it/periodici.html   ç
MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive è   http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/   ç
Mathematical Association of America
è   http://www.maa.org/   ç
“Mathesis”
è   http://www.unict.it/mathesis/sezioni_mathesis.htm   ç
Ministero Istruzione, Università, Ricerca è   http://www.miur.it/   ç
“Progetto Alice” - Rivista è   http://www.pagine.net/infoprogetto1.asp   ç
Scuola Matematica Interuniversitaria è   http://www.iaga.fi.cnr.it/smi/index.html   ç
Unione Matematica Italiana è   http://www.dm.unibo.it/umi/index.html   ç
Zentralblatt Didaktik der Mathematik è   http://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/fiz/publications/zdm/zdmp1.html   ç


 

 

Montucla, J.E. (1758), Histoire des Mathematiques, I, II, Jombert, Paris

 


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History and Epistemology for Mathematics Education

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Last update: 2002, november 16th